Netzach. Eternity. Netzach she’b’Netzach. Eternity within Eternity. Whoa. But also: Hooray! Whoa because it’s a tangle of abstract ideas. An eternity is forever. Are there different kinds of eternity? Like, a smaller one that fits inside a bigger one? Hooray because I love abstract ideas. In fact, I’m sure there are different kinds of eternities.…
Category: Ecology
Forest: Cooperation, Not Competition
How do you see the forest? Is it a site of cooperation? Or competition? There’s just three letters difference between the words. But they are a whole world view apart. It can be weird to read an author with a different world view. They get all the facts right, but organize them oddly. It’s as…
Aliens on Our Planet
Aliens were trending on twitter yesterday. No, not terrestrial aliens like the ones in the picture. (However, I’ll talk about them below). But EXTRA-terrestrials, the kind from another planet. Apparently, the New York Times reported on them yesterday. Well, on efforts to learn more about them. The US Office of Naval Intelligence is studying UFOs.…